Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1958 on.
Troy Township dates its founding to 1815 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1845.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Troy Township’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Troy Township.
Troy was laid out in 1815. Troy was an early county seat of Perry County. A post office has been in operation at Troy since 1818.
Future president Abraham Lincoln worked the ferry across the Ohio River at Troy with his father in his youth.
The Nester House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Troy Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Troy Township.
Nobody well known was born in Troy Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Another post office, Artic, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1815, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Troy Township’s post office opened in 1845.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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